Brink Dee Chipman Age 66.
Brink Chipman lived life to the fullest and passed away peacefully at his home in Boise on January 18, 2010. He will be remembered and missed by the family and friends who loved him, and the hundreds of television journalists he inspired and mentored.
Brink was born December 8, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dee and Elaine Chipman. He grew up in Salt Lake the oldest of three children. As a young man, his passions were baseball, football, snow skiing and writing for the school newspaper. He attended the University of Utah on a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism. His first job after college was reporting for the Ogden Standard Examiner in Ogden, Utah. Within a short time, a Salt Lake television station convinced him to become a broadcast journalist and he quickly moved from being a reporter to an executive producer, then news director. He spent the next 35 years as an award-winning television journalist and news executive.
His professional life included senior management positions in Boise, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Tucson, Portland, and Salt Lake. Brink loved a good news story, discussing politics, lively debates on current affairs, election nights in the newsroom, building news operations and mentoring young reporters. He was a dedicated journalist who covered many national news events. Among the highlights were five presidential elections, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, the war in Vietnam and both conflicts in Iraq, the Yellowstone fire, Mt. St. Helens eruption, San Francisco earthquake, the last years of Howard Hughes, the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy, the controversial execution of Gary Gilmore, and, for fun, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Brink's long and distinguished career brought many awards and honors including The Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, a National Press Club Award for Excellence in News Coverage, the Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Writing Award for a documentary on the plight of Native Americans, Emmy Awards for investigation of housing discrimination in Utah and coverage of a deadly tornado in Salt Lake City. Under his leadership, newscasts in Tucson, Portland, Des Moines and Salt Lake were market leaders and frequently selected among the "Best in the Nation."
Still with all the things he did in life, the most important was being a father and husband. Brink's partner on this journey was Beverly Stoddard Chipman. They met while working in a television newsroom in Utah and were married in Park City in 1977. He and Bev spent the next 33 years working in newsrooms, meeting news makers, exploring the world, skiing, hiking, golfing, and sharing in the joy of Brink's sons from an early marriage. Brink's career offered them the opportunity to live and travel extensively in the United States. They also enjoyed many trips to Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa. Brink retired in 2004, and shortly thereafter, he and Bev made their final move returning "home" to Boise, where he enjoyed many happy days on the golf course with friends. Retirement also gave Brink time to pursue a new and invigorating passion for art. "For me, art is an endless spiritual journey that feeds my soul and calms my mind." He spent endless hours in his art studio painting and creating his own unique form of art, which was exhibited in galleries in Salt Lake and Boise.
Brink is survived by his wife, son's Brooke Chipman and Toby Chipman and daughter-in-law Jeny Chipman, sisters Pam Stark and Shelley Chipman, his dear mother-in-law and frequent traveling companion Donna Stoddard, and his lively in-laws and long-time debating partners Jeff Stoddard, Kris Stoddard, and Eric Stoddard. Brink and Bev want to thank their incredible friends, you know who you are, for the loving support provided over the past year.
A special thank you also to Dr. Kim Tanabe, nurse Terrie Richter, Dr. Dan Zuckerman and the MISTI staff in Boise and Meridian. "Life is not measured by the breaths you take… but by the moments that take your breath away." Brink's life was full of those moments.
A celebration of his life, lead by Minister Elizabeth Greene, will be held this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m. at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship located at 6200 N. Garrett, Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Statesman on January 21, 2010.
Brink Chipman lived life to the fullest and passed away peacefully at his home in Boise on January 18, 2010. He will be remembered and missed by the family and friends who loved him, and the hundreds of television journalists he inspired and mentored.
Brink was born December 8, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dee and Elaine Chipman. He grew up in Salt Lake the oldest of three children. As a young man, his passions were baseball, football, snow skiing and writing for the school newspaper. He attended the University of Utah on a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism. His first job after college was reporting for the Ogden Standard Examiner in Ogden, Utah. Within a short time, a Salt Lake television station convinced him to become a broadcast journalist and he quickly moved from being a reporter to an executive producer, then news director. He spent the next 35 years as an award-winning television journalist and news executive.
His professional life included senior management positions in Boise, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Tucson, Portland, and Salt Lake. Brink loved a good news story, discussing politics, lively debates on current affairs, election nights in the newsroom, building news operations and mentoring young reporters. He was a dedicated journalist who covered many national news events. Among the highlights were five presidential elections, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, the war in Vietnam and both conflicts in Iraq, the Yellowstone fire, Mt. St. Helens eruption, San Francisco earthquake, the last years of Howard Hughes, the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy, the controversial execution of Gary Gilmore, and, for fun, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Brink's long and distinguished career brought many awards and honors including The Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, a National Press Club Award for Excellence in News Coverage, the Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Writing Award for a documentary on the plight of Native Americans, Emmy Awards for investigation of housing discrimination in Utah and coverage of a deadly tornado in Salt Lake City. Under his leadership, newscasts in Tucson, Portland, Des Moines and Salt Lake were market leaders and frequently selected among the "Best in the Nation."
Still with all the things he did in life, the most important was being a father and husband. Brink's partner on this journey was Beverly Stoddard Chipman. They met while working in a television newsroom in Utah and were married in Park City in 1977. He and Bev spent the next 33 years working in newsrooms, meeting news makers, exploring the world, skiing, hiking, golfing, and sharing in the joy of Brink's sons from an early marriage. Brink's career offered them the opportunity to live and travel extensively in the United States. They also enjoyed many trips to Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa. Brink retired in 2004, and shortly thereafter, he and Bev made their final move returning "home" to Boise, where he enjoyed many happy days on the golf course with friends. Retirement also gave Brink time to pursue a new and invigorating passion for art. "For me, art is an endless spiritual journey that feeds my soul and calms my mind." He spent endless hours in his art studio painting and creating his own unique form of art, which was exhibited in galleries in Salt Lake and Boise.
Brink is survived by his wife, son's Brooke Chipman and Toby Chipman and daughter-in-law Jeny Chipman, sisters Pam Stark and Shelley Chipman, his dear mother-in-law and frequent traveling companion Donna Stoddard, and his lively in-laws and long-time debating partners Jeff Stoddard, Kris Stoddard, and Eric Stoddard. Brink and Bev want to thank their incredible friends, you know who you are, for the loving support provided over the past year.
A special thank you also to Dr. Kim Tanabe, nurse Terrie Richter, Dr. Dan Zuckerman and the MISTI staff in Boise and Meridian. "Life is not measured by the breaths you take… but by the moments that take your breath away." Brink's life was full of those moments.
A celebration of his life, lead by Minister Elizabeth Greene, will be held this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m. at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship located at 6200 N. Garrett, Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Statesman on January 21, 2010.
Brink Dee Chipman Age 66.
Brink Chipman lived life to the fullest and passed away peacefully at his home in Boise on January 18, 2010. He will be remembered and missed by the family and friends who loved him, and the hundreds of television journalists he inspired and mentored.
Brink was born December 8, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dee and Elaine Chipman. He grew up in Salt Lake the oldest of three children. As a young man, his passions were baseball, football, snow skiing and writing for the school newspaper. He attended the University of Utah on a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism. His first job after college was reporting for the Ogden Standard Examiner in Ogden, Utah. Within a short time, a Salt Lake television station convinced him to become a broadcast journalist and he quickly moved from being a reporter to an executive producer, then news director. He spent the next 35 years as an award-winning television journalist and news executive.
His professional life included senior management positions in Boise, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Tucson, Portland, and Salt Lake. Brink loved a good news story, discussing politics, lively debates on current affairs, election nights in the newsroom, building news operations and mentoring young reporters. He was a dedicated journalist who covered many national news events. Among the highlights were five presidential elections, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, the war in Vietnam and both conflicts in Iraq, the Yellowstone fire, Mt. St. Helens eruption, San Francisco earthquake, the last years of Howard Hughes, the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy, the controversial execution of Gary Gilmore, and, for fun, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Brink's long and distinguished career brought many awards and honors including The Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, a National Press Club Award for Excellence in News Coverage, the Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Writing Award for a documentary on the plight of Native Americans, Emmy Awards for investigation of housing discrimination in Utah and coverage of a deadly tornado in Salt Lake City. Under his leadership, newscasts in Tucson, Portland, Des Moines and Salt Lake were market leaders and frequently selected among the "Best in the Nation."
Still with all the things he did in life, the most important was being a father and husband. Brink's partner on this journey was Beverly Stoddard Chipman. They met while working in a television newsroom in Utah and were married in Park City in 1977. He and Bev spent the next 33 years working in newsrooms, meeting news makers, exploring the world, skiing, hiking, golfing, and sharing in the joy of Brink's sons from an early marriage. Brink's career offered them the opportunity to live and travel extensively in the United States. They also enjoyed many trips to Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa. Brink retired in 2004, and shortly thereafter, he and Bev made their final move returning "home" to Boise, where he enjoyed many happy days on the golf course with friends. Retirement also gave Brink time to pursue a new and invigorating passion for art. "For me, art is an endless spiritual journey that feeds my soul and calms my mind." He spent endless hours in his art studio painting and creating his own unique form of art, which was exhibited in galleries in Salt Lake and Boise.
Brink is survived by his wife, son's Brooke Chipman and Toby Chipman and daughter-in-law Jeny Chipman, sisters Pam Stark and Shelley Chipman, his dear mother-in-law and frequent traveling companion Donna Stoddard, and his lively in-laws and long-time debating partners Jeff Stoddard, Kris Stoddard, and Eric Stoddard. Brink and Bev want to thank their incredible friends, you know who you are, for the loving support provided over the past year.
A special thank you also to Dr. Kim Tanabe, nurse Terrie Richter, Dr. Dan Zuckerman and the MISTI staff in Boise and Meridian. "Life is not measured by the breaths you take… but by the moments that take your breath away." Brink's life was full of those moments.
A celebration of his life, lead by Minister Elizabeth Greene, will be held this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m. at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship located at 6200 N. Garrett, Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Statesman on January 21, 2010.
Brink Chipman lived life to the fullest and passed away peacefully at his home in Boise on January 18, 2010. He will be remembered and missed by the family and friends who loved him, and the hundreds of television journalists he inspired and mentored.
Brink was born December 8, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dee and Elaine Chipman. He grew up in Salt Lake the oldest of three children. As a young man, his passions were baseball, football, snow skiing and writing for the school newspaper. He attended the University of Utah on a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism. His first job after college was reporting for the Ogden Standard Examiner in Ogden, Utah. Within a short time, a Salt Lake television station convinced him to become a broadcast journalist and he quickly moved from being a reporter to an executive producer, then news director. He spent the next 35 years as an award-winning television journalist and news executive.
His professional life included senior management positions in Boise, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Tucson, Portland, and Salt Lake. Brink loved a good news story, discussing politics, lively debates on current affairs, election nights in the newsroom, building news operations and mentoring young reporters. He was a dedicated journalist who covered many national news events. Among the highlights were five presidential elections, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, the war in Vietnam and both conflicts in Iraq, the Yellowstone fire, Mt. St. Helens eruption, San Francisco earthquake, the last years of Howard Hughes, the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy, the controversial execution of Gary Gilmore, and, for fun, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Brink's long and distinguished career brought many awards and honors including The Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, a National Press Club Award for Excellence in News Coverage, the Alfred I. Dupont Columbia University Writing Award for a documentary on the plight of Native Americans, Emmy Awards for investigation of housing discrimination in Utah and coverage of a deadly tornado in Salt Lake City. Under his leadership, newscasts in Tucson, Portland, Des Moines and Salt Lake were market leaders and frequently selected among the "Best in the Nation."
Still with all the things he did in life, the most important was being a father and husband. Brink's partner on this journey was Beverly Stoddard Chipman. They met while working in a television newsroom in Utah and were married in Park City in 1977. He and Bev spent the next 33 years working in newsrooms, meeting news makers, exploring the world, skiing, hiking, golfing, and sharing in the joy of Brink's sons from an early marriage. Brink's career offered them the opportunity to live and travel extensively in the United States. They also enjoyed many trips to Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa. Brink retired in 2004, and shortly thereafter, he and Bev made their final move returning "home" to Boise, where he enjoyed many happy days on the golf course with friends. Retirement also gave Brink time to pursue a new and invigorating passion for art. "For me, art is an endless spiritual journey that feeds my soul and calms my mind." He spent endless hours in his art studio painting and creating his own unique form of art, which was exhibited in galleries in Salt Lake and Boise.
Brink is survived by his wife, son's Brooke Chipman and Toby Chipman and daughter-in-law Jeny Chipman, sisters Pam Stark and Shelley Chipman, his dear mother-in-law and frequent traveling companion Donna Stoddard, and his lively in-laws and long-time debating partners Jeff Stoddard, Kris Stoddard, and Eric Stoddard. Brink and Bev want to thank their incredible friends, you know who you are, for the loving support provided over the past year.
A special thank you also to Dr. Kim Tanabe, nurse Terrie Richter, Dr. Dan Zuckerman and the MISTI staff in Boise and Meridian. "Life is not measured by the breaths you take… but by the moments that take your breath away." Brink's life was full of those moments.
A celebration of his life, lead by Minister Elizabeth Greene, will be held this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m. at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship located at 6200 N. Garrett, Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Statesman on January 21, 2010.
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